:: Mines Advisory Group work in Iraq ::
The
Mines Advisory Group has produced an informative
photo gallery outlining their work cleaning up
unexploded bombs + landmines in Iraq.
Interesting facts include:
The
majority of Iraqi minefields were laid 20 years ago during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988.
Recorded casualties from landmines and unexploded bomb-related accidents since 1991 come to
7,427 injuries and
3,699 deaths (these figures were released in Jan 2003).
Figures on how many mines there are in Iraq vary between
8 to 12 million. This does not include unexploded mortars, shells, grenades and other debris of war.
Only
Afghanistan + Angola are more blighted by landmines.
See here for an
update released in June 2003.
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